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<b>BigNum</b>
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<td>A wrapper for <a href=http://gmplib.org/>GNU MP Bignum (arbitrary precision math) library</a>. 
Warning: GMP uses the restrictive GNU license which can be a problem if you are hard linking it into a distributed application.
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<a name="BigNum-%"></a><b>
%(aNum)
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Modulus op (same as mod()). Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-&"></a><b>
&(aNum)
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AND op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-*"></a><b>
*(aNum)
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Multiply op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-**"></a><b>
**(aNum)
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Power op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-+"></a><b>
+(aNum)
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Add op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum--"></a><b>
-(aNum)
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Subtract op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-/"></a><b>
/(aNum)
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Divide op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-&lt;&lt;"></a><b>
&lt;&lt;(aNum)
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Shift left (towards higher bits) op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-&gt;&gt;"></a><b>
&gt;&gt;(aNum)
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Shift right (towards lower bits) op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-^"></a><b>
^(aNum)
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XOR op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-abs"></a><b>
abs
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Absolute op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-asNumber"></a><b>
asNumber
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Returns an Io Number for the receiving BigNum.
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<a name="BigNum-asSimpleString"></a><b>
asSimpleString
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Returns simple string representation of the receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-asString"></a><b>
asString
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Returns a string representation of the receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-gcd"></a><b>
gcd(aNum)
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Greatest common denominator op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-hamdist"></a><b>
hamdist(aNum)
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Returns hamming distance between receiver and aNum.
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<a name="BigNum-invert"></a><b>
invert(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-jacobi"></a><b>
jacobi(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-kronecker"></a><b>
kronecker
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?
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<a name="BigNum-lcm"></a><b>
lcm(aNum)
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Least common denominator op. Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-legendre"></a><b>
legendre(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-mod"></a><b>
mod(aNum)
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Modulus op (same as %). Returns result.
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<a name="BigNum-neg"></a><b>
neg
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Returns negative version of receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-nextprime"></a><b>
nextprime
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Returns next prime larger than the receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-popcount"></a><b>
popcount
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?
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<a name="BigNum-pow"></a><b>
pow(aNum)
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Returns power of receiver to aNum.
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<a name="BigNum-powm"></a><b>
powm(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-root"></a><b>
root(aNum)
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Returns the aNum root of the receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-scan0"></a><b>
scan0(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-scan1"></a><b>
scan1(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-sqrt"></a><b>
sqrt
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Returns square root of the receiver.
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<a name="BigNum-tstbit"></a><b>
tstbit(aNum)
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?
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<a name="BigNum-with"></a><b>
with(aNumber)
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Returns a BigNum version of the Io number aNumber.
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<a name="BigNum-|"></a><b>
|(aNum)
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OR op. Returns result.
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